Adrian Peterson, NFL MVP, spotted playing with the Nokia Lumia 1020

Last year, Adrian Peterson was selected as the 2012 MVP for the NFL. While his team, the Minnesota Vikings, didn’t make it far in the playoffs, he still set some pretty awesome records for his rushing efforts.

Right now he’s getting ready for the 2013 season, but he’s doing it with flair. He’s doing it with a Nokia Lumia 1020.

The Minnesota Vikings Facebook page shared a photo of Adrian reading fan tweets before practice. He happened to be using a black Lumia 1020 with white camera grip to read those tweets. Which is pretty funny when you considered he’s done commercials for Verizon in the past. Either way, we hope Adrian enjoys his time with the Lumia 1020.

This is the second high profile sighting of the Lumia 1020 in a famous person's hands (plus one Yankee's fan). Earlier, we saw Linda Pizzuti, the wife of John W. Henry, rocking a Lumia 1020 and now we have Peterson on board too.

Where did he get the white camera grip? I can't find that dang thing anywhere??? Nokia really dropped the ball on accessories for the Lumia 1020. They haven't even committed to having a white wireless charging sleeve.

Roll Tide! Can't wait till the season starts, and sure hope Johnny Goofball doesn't get suspended. Sept 14 is going to be a beat down either way. I created an app with the MS app studio beta for Alabama. Search for Roll Tide in the store to check it out. Its very basic, but I wanted to get my feet wet.

A) he's not a spokesperson for the phone, he's just using it.
B) pretty sure that everyone on the Packers roster would give him nothing but huge respect - he did run over, through and past their defense to the tune of 500+ yards last year.

Hmm, the 1020 might be catching on quicker than people are anticipating. If football players are now being seen with them (let alone the reigning NFL MVP), it might cause a shift in consumer interest in the US, which would bode very well for Nokia and MS. Things are getting interesting.
Oh, and FALCONS RISE UP!

Is that supposed to be irony? Him playing with a Nokia Lumia 1020 and on his jersey is a Verizon Wireless logo? Oh Nokia why don't you send the great phones to the carrier that really cares and sells more Windows Phones.

I love the Verizon Logo on his shirt yet he is clearly using an ATT device. Classic!. Maybe Verizon should hop on the WP train instead of bending over backwards for apple and making android worse than it already is.